When Major League Baseball announced its shortened schedule this month, the early-season games between the Miami Marlins and Orioles seemed almost superfluous. The two teams are projected to be among the league’s worst this year.
If they do get on the field this week, the whole sporting world will be watching to see if MLB’s gambit to play through the Marlins’ COVID-19 outbreak will work out. The Orioles will be center-stage alongside them.
With Monday’s game in Miami postponed as the Marlins reportedly dealt with over a dozen positive COVID-19 tests in their clubhouse, the Orioles plan to return to Baltimore on Monday night after a tense and uncertain day at their Miami hotel.